Back from the brink

By News Staff on Thursday, May 22, 2025
Former teacher helps save a rural water system
  • Pictured in the main photo is the Reddell-Vidrine Water System water tower. Pictured in the inset photo is Elizabeth Yvette Jagneaux, a former teacher in Evangeline Parish who worked with Communities Unlimited to restore and rebuild the water system. (Photos courtesy of Communities Unlimited and Elizabeth Jagneaux)
    Pictured in the main photo is the Reddell-Vidrine Water System water tower. Pictured in the inset photo is Elizabeth Yvette Jagneaux, a former teacher in Evangeline Parish who worked with Communities Unlimited to restore and rebuild the water system. (Photos courtesy of Communities Unlimited and Elizabeth Jagneaux)
  • Pictured in the main photo is the Reddell-Vidrine Water System water tower. Pictured in the inset photo is Elizabeth Yvette Jagneaux, a former teacher in Evangeline Parish who worked with Communities Unlimited to restore and rebuild the water system. (Photos courtesy of Communities Unlimited and Elizabeth Jagneaux)
    Pictured in the main photo is the Reddell-Vidrine Water System water tower. Pictured in the inset photo is Elizabeth Yvette Jagneaux, a former teacher in Evangeline Parish who worked with Communities Unlimited to restore and rebuild the water system. (Photos courtesy of Communities Unlimited and Elizabeth Jagneaux)
    (Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Derek Shore, content coordinator for Communities Unlimited.) When Elizabeth Yvette Jagneaux stepped into her role at the Reddell Vidrine Water District (RVWD) in Ville Platte, the system was in chaos. Hired with just a day’s notice in April 2024, she walked into an office that lacked structure, accountability, and critical information. Fi...

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